Clothesline support and hanger



A. HEYMAN ET AL cLoTHEsLINE SUPPORT AND HNGER May is, ma@ y 1,493,540-

Filed May 1l. 1923 Patented May 13, 1924i@ kwaad@ earner y rains.

ALBERT HEYMAN AND CHARLES C. VERVOGBT, F BROQKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHESLNE SUPEORT AND HANGER.

Application led May 11, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT HEYMAN and CHAI-mns C. Vnnvoon'r, both citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of a New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and mproved Clothesline Supports and Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lThis invention relatesl to a support and hanger especially designed for use in connection with endless pulley lines, the same being in the nature of an improvement over a similar device on which Letters Patent of the United States #1,880,951 were granted on November 30th, 1920.

The improvement aims vfor one of its objects to simplify the structure and reduce the expense of production of the same without detracting in any respect from its efficiency or usefulness.

The invention contemplates a support and hanger which is adapted to be associated with a window for projection within the same whereby to afford means for hanging or removing the clothes on a line without the necessity of leaning out of the window, said hanger being adapted to be normally swung to an out of the way position exteriorly of the window aft-er the clothes have been applied to the line or removed therefrom.

rllhe invention further contemplates a support and hanger which properly compensates for the movement of the line and which automatically operates to retain itself in adjusted positions.

A still further aim of the invention resides in the provision of a combination hanger and support which is so constructed as to render the same applicable to windows of various widths. 1

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification, pointed out in the appended claims and which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger in applied positionillustrating the same projected within the window for apillustrated in the acompanying drawings, in v ried by the Serial No. 638,429.

plying or removing vthe clothes to or from the line.

Figure 2 is a front elevation illustrating the position of the parts of the hanger when the same is arranged exteriorly of the window.

Figure 8 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the support or hanger comprises a pair of supporting arms namely a guide arm 10 and a supporting arm 11, each of which is pivoted at one extremity to a bracket 12, said brackets adapted to be secured to the window frame at opposite sides thereof and in substantial alignment with each other. The arm 1() comprises an inner section 13 of tubular formation and an outer section 14 telescopically received thereby whereby the length of the arm may be increased or reduced in order to render the device applicable to windows of various widths, a set screw 15 being employed for the purpose of retaining the sections in their relatively adjusted positions. rllhe outer free end of the section 14 is provided with a bifurcated or forked head 16, each fork or furcation 17 of which forms vertically spaced bearing ears between which an antifriction sheave or guide roller 18 is mounted. lTihe opposite arm 11 is of U-shaped formation to provide vertically spaced parallel bars 19 connected at their outer ends by the bight 2O and securedv at their inner ends to the pivot shaft 21 mounted inthe bracket 12. The free extremities of each pair of bearing ears 17 are maintained in embracing engagement with the respective bar 19 of the arm 11, by means of a yoke 22 pivoted coaxially with the sheaves 18. By this arrangement the bars 19 are maintained in constant engagement with the sheaves 18 which function as anti-friction rollers to insure a smooth working of the device. At the same time the embracing relation of the yoke to the rods of the arm 11 functions to eect simultaneous relative movements between the arms during the opening and closing operation of the supporting device. sheave or guide pulley 23 is swiveled for horizontal movement on a bracket 24 carbight of the arm 11, said bracket being provided with a pair of hooked terminals 25', the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

In practice the outer loop of the ,clothes linevA is trained over a pulley B suitably supported extericrly of 'the window with the upper and lower leads thereof respectively guided between the forked head 16. The inner loop of the line is trained over the sheave or guide pulley 23 carried by the bight of the arm ll. In use and operation of the device, when it is desired to hang clothes on the line 0r remove the same therefrom, the arms l0 and l1 are swung inwardly to the position illustrated in Figure l and in this position the arms may be disposed at an acute angle with respect to each other with the free extremities thereof rejected within the window to dispose a suiiicient length of line within the room to permit of the hanging of the clothes thereon without the necessity of leaning out of the window. When the clothes have been hung on the line or removed therefrom and it is desired to arrange the supporting device exteriorly of the window to permit the closing of the same, the supporting arms are swung outwardly into parallelI overlapping relation as illustrated in, Figures 2 and 3. In this arrangement of the device, the yoke 22 will have-been swung on its pivot to occupy a position substantially at rightangles to the head 16 and the arm l0 yin order to maintain the rods 19 in contact with the anti-friction sheaves. l The tension or pull on the line will thus be transinitted through the yoke to the arm ll. rl`he outwardinovement of the arm l0 will be limited due to the engagement of the bight 20 therewith and it will thus be seen that the device in its closed position, is retained against casual displacement. The hooked terminals-25 of the bracket 2a are provided for the purpose of supporting a substitute pulley block or sheave in event of the breaking` of the sheave 23 or other contingencies which would render the same unfit for use.

1W hile there has been illustrated and described a single and preferred embodiment of the invention, no limitation is necessarily made to the precisestructural details as it is to be understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of'theappended claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

le claim:

l. A support and hanger for endless clothes lines comprising a pair of members pivotally secured to apposite sides of a window, a fork on the free extremity of one member, anti-friction rollers carried by each prong thereof, the other member comprising spacedparallel bars, a guide pulley supported by the free ends thereof and `means carried by the prongs adapted toV embrace the second member to hold thebars respectively in operative contact with the antiffriction rollers for effecting simultaneous movenient of the members, said fork being adapt= ed to embrace and guide the line leads and said sheave adapted to engage the inner loop of the line.

2. in a support and hanger for endless clothes lines, a pair of members respectively pivoted to opposite sides of a window for horizontal swinging movements, a forked head at the free extremity of one of the arms, each prong of said fork comprising spaced bearing ears, anti-friction sheaves mounted between the ears of each prong, the` other arm comprising vertically spaced rods having a guide pulley ovei which the line is trained, a yoke pivoted to the forked head o! the iirst arm and embracing the second arm for eiiecting simultaneous movements of the arms and functioning to retain the rods dis posed between the free ends of their. correr sponding bearing ears in contact with the sheaves, said yoke also serving to confine the line leads between the forked prongs for guiding the same.

3. A support and hanger for endless clothes lines comprising a supporting arm pivoted to one side of a window consisting of spaced parallel rods, a guide pulley swiveled to its free extremity over which the inr ner loop of the line is trained, a guide arm pivoted at one end to the opposite side of the window in horizontal alignment with the supporting arm, a fork at the extremity of the guide arm between which the line leads are guided, anti-friction sheaves carried by the fork and adapted to co-act with the rods, and a yoke pivoted to the fork and adapted to embrace the guide arm to coniine the line leads within the prongs of the fork and to effect the contact of the anti-friction sheaves with the rods to cause the simultaneous movements of the arms.

l. A support and hanger for endless clothes lines comprising a pair of arms respectively pivoted to the opposite sides ofa window for horizontal swinging movements` a vertical pulley swiveled to the free extremity of one arm over which the inner loop of the-line is trained, a fork provided on the free end of the other arm between the prongs of which the Lipper and lower leads of the line are guided, anti-friction members carried by the forked arm adapted to co-act with the other arm and means carried by the forked arm adapted to embrace the other arm for eiiecting co-acting engagement of the anti-friction members therewith` confining the line leads between the forked prongs and causing said arms to be moved simultaneously.

5. A clothes line support and hanger consisting of a pair of members pivotally secured to the opposite sides of a window, a fork on the free extremity of one of the members between which the upper and lower leads of the line are adapted to'be guided, saidA fork having biurcated prongs, a pair of superposed sheaves respectively mounted between the `furcations ot' each prong, the other member consisting of parallel superposed bars, a sheave mounted between the 5 outer end of the same over which the inner loop of the line is trained, and a yoke pivotally mounted on the fork adapted to embrace the second member to slidably retain the bars between the fulcations of their corresponding prong and against the sheaves to effect simultaneous swinging movements of the members.

ALBERT HEYMAN. CHARLES C. VERVOORT. 

